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Slovenia, Croatia reach agreement on border, EU (1st Lead)
Sep 11, 2009, 10:46 GMT
Ljubljana - Slovenia and Croatia have settled a border row which has been blocking Croatia's European Union accession talks, the leaders of the two nations announced Friday in Ljubljana.
'We will immediately propose to end restraints of Croatia's EU accession negotiating process,' Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor said after meeting his counterpart from Croatia, Jadranka Kosor.
'We opened a new chapter in relations and proved that friendly relations and respect can lead to resolution of problems,' Kosor said.
The former Yugoslav republics had been arguing over the border line in the northern Adriatic bay of Piran since the Yugoslavia fell apart in 1991. The row climaxed last year when Slovenia blocked Croatia's EU accession talks.
Slovenia, the northernmost and most developed of the former Yugoslav republics joined the EU in 2004, while Croatia hopes to become a member in 2011.
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